Development of a laser scanner for measuring tree canopy characteristics: Phase 1. Prototype development

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2101-2107

  Wei, J ^a   Salyani, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser sensor; Pseudo color images; Spatial resolution; Tree volume

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; LASERS; PLASTIC PIPE; SCANNING;

LASER SCANNING SYSTEMS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TREE CANOPY HEIGHT;

FORESTRY;

ALGORITHM; CANOPY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

ALGORITHMS; FOREST CANOPY; LASERS; PIPING; SCANNING; TREES;

EID: 14844309748     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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